Student handout: Fourier Transform of the Delta Function

Periodic Systems 2022
Students calculate the Fourier transform of the Dirac delta function.
What students learn
  1. The derivative of the Dirac delta function is a constant. (The Fourier transform of the “spikiest” function that exists is the most “spread out” function that exists.)
  2. Even though the Dirac delta function is real-valued, its Fourier transform is complex.

Find the Fourier Transform of the delta function.


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